Granted Patent B2

US 11,507,507 · App. 16/938,225 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Inventor: Kurtis Wayne Dorsey (Leander, TX)

Assignee: Dell Products L.P.

G06F12/0804G06F1/30G06F3/0619G06F3/0634G06F3/0655G06F3/0685G06F2212/1024G06F2212/1032

Abstract

Claims (81)

1. An information handling system, comprising:

at least one processor;

a volatile memory medium coupled to the at least one processor;

a non-volatile memory medium coupled to the at least one processor, the non-volatile memory medium comprising:

a non-volatile memory set with at least one namespace; and

a memory medium, coupled to the at least one processor, that stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the information handling system to:

select a namespace of the at least one namespace for data backup;

configure the selected namespace for peak sequential write performance

determine that a power loss to the information handling system has occurred;

utilize one or more batteries to power the information handling system;

enable a predicable latency mode of the non-volatile memory medium to enter a deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium;

transfer data from the volatile memory medium to a first data repository and a second data repository of the selected namespace, including alternating the transfer of data between the first data repository and the second data repository;

determine that the data stored at the first data repository is not utilizable;

determine that power is provided to the information handling system;

in response to determining that power is provided to the information handling system, transfer the data from the second data repository of the selected namespace to the volatile memory medium based on determining that the data stored at the first data repository is not utilizable; and

after transferring the data from the second data repository of the selected namespace to the volatile memory medium, disable the predicable latency mode of the non-volatile memory medium to exit the deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium.

2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the deterministic window prevents at least one read operation from colliding with transferring the data from the volatile memory medium to the first and the second data repository of the selected namespace.

3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a non-volatile memory that includes a solid state drive.

4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a non-volatile memory that complies with at least a portion of a non-volatile memory express specification.

5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the information handling system to:

configure the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium to only be utilized for data backup.

6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein:

the selected namespace comprises a first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium; and

the instructions further cause the information handling system to:

configure a second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, different from the first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium; and

install an operating system on the second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium.

7. The information handling system of claim 6 ,

wherein the instructions further cause the information handling system to:

configure a first endurance group of the non-volatile memory medium; and

configure a second endurance group of the non-volatile memory medium;

wherein, to configure the first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, the instructions further cause the information handling system to configure the first namespace on the first endurance group; and

wherein, to configure the second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, the instructions further cause the information handling system to configure the second namespace on the second endurance group.

8. The information handling system of claim 7 ,

wherein a first storage area of the non-volatile memory medium includes the first endurance group; and

wherein a second storage area of the non-volatile memory medium, different from the first storage area, includes the second endurance group.

9. A method, comprising:

selecting a namespace for data backup from a set of namespaces in a non-volatile memory set of a non-volatile memory medium;

configuring the selected namespace for peak sequential write performance;

determining that a power loss to an information handling system has occurred;

utilizing one or more batteries to power the information handling system;

enabling a predicable latency mode of the non-volatile memory medium of the information handling system to enter a deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium;

transferring data from a volatile memory medium of the information handling system to a data repository of the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, including alternating the transfer of data between the first data repository and the second data repository;

determining that power is provided to the information handling system;

in response to the determining that power is provided to the information handling system, transferring the data from the second data repository of the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium to the volatile memory medium based on determining that the data stored at the first data repository is not utilizable; and

after the transferring the data from the second data repository of the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium to the volatile memory medium, disabling the predicable latency mode of the non-volatile memory medium to exit the deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the deterministic window prevents at least one read operation from colliding with the transferring the data from the volatile memory medium to the first and the second data repository of the selected namespace.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a non-volatile memory that includes a solid state drive.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a non-volatile memory that complies with at least a portion of a non-volatile memory express specification.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

configuring a second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, different from the first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium; and

installing an operating system on the second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

configuring a first endurance group of the non-volatile memory medium; and

configuring a second endurance group of the non-volatile memory medium;

wherein the configuring the first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium includes configuring the first namespace on the first endurance group; and

wherein the configuring the second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium includes configuring the second namespace on the second endurance group.

15. The method of claim 14 ,

wherein a first storage area of the non-volatile memory medium includes the first endurance group; and

wherein a second storage area of the non-volatile memory medium, different from the first storage area, includes the second endurance group.

16. A computer-readable non-transitory memory medium that includes instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an information handling system, cause the information handling system to:

select a namespace for data backup from a set of namespaces in a non-volatile memory set of a non-volatile memory medium;

configure the selected namespace for peak sequential write performance;

determine that a power loss to the information handling system has occurred;

utilize one or more batteries to power the information handling system;

enable a predicable latency mode of a non-volatile memory medium of the information handling system to enter a deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium;

transfer data from a volatile memory medium of the information handling system to a data repository of the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, including alternating the transfer of data between the first data repository and the second data repository;

determine that power is provided to the information handling system;

in response to determining that power is provided to the information handling system, transfer the data from the second data repository of the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium to the volatile memory medium based on determining that the data stored at the first data repository is not utilizable; and

after transferring the data from the second data repository of the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium to the volatile memory medium, disable the predicable latency mode of the non-volatile memory medium to exit the deterministic window of the non-volatile memory medium.

17. The computer-readable non-transitory memory medium of claim 16 , wherein the deterministic window prevents at least one read operation from colliding with transferring the data from the volatile memory medium to the first and the second data repository of the selected namespace.

18. The computer-readable non-transitory memory medium of claim 16 , wherein the non-volatile memory medium includes a non-volatile memory that includes a solid state drive.

19. The computer-readable non-transitory memory medium of claim 16 ,

wherein the instructions further cause the information handling system to:

configure a first namespace comprising the selected namespace of the non-volatile memory medium;

configure a second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, different from the first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, for an operating system;

configure a first endurance group of the non-volatile memory medium; and

configure a second endurance group of the non-volatile memory medium;

wherein, to configure the first namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, the instructions further cause the information handling system to configure the first namespace on the first endurance group;

wherein, to configure the second namespace of the non-volatile memory medium, the instructions further cause the information handling system to configure the second namespace on the second endurance group;

wherein a first storage area of the non-volatile memory medium includes the first endurance group; and

wherein a second storage area of the non-volatile memory medium, different from the first storage area, includes the second endurance group.

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